Life in the Mag-Worker Time Warp
I'll be the first to agree that working on a horse magazine, like H&R, is a very fun way to make a living. You get to talk and think about horses all day, and get paid for doing it! You get to meet fabulous horses and interesting people, and also get to enjoy the pleasures of seeing your work in print.There are some occupational hazards with this gig, though, and here's one of them:
Unless you're posting material online or answering e-mail, you never get to work in real time. Instead, you exist in a time warp. You're always way out ahead of today's day, month, even YEAR on your calendar.
It's also likely that you'll be juggling more than any one month's material at a time. Today, for instance, I'll start writing material scheduled for the January 2009 edition of H&R. I'll look at page proofs for the December issue that's about to go to press. I'll work up material to be posted online, as tie-ins to the November issue that's about to come out. I'll communicate with freelancers about stories due well into next year.
Summed up: I'll live way out ahead of today, as I've done every working day for the last 34 years.
Just one more reason why I love to be with horses in the flesh. As opposed to the printed ones that make up my career, the real ones are all about "be here now."
Without them as my anchor, I might just drift off into Editorial Futureworld, and never make it back!
posted by Juli Thorson @ 12:28 PM
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8 Comments:
I work at least a week to two weeks ahead. Sometimes I stand at the checkout counter of a store, and try to remember what day it is. I don't want to date a check two weeks ahead.
I also work 6 months to a year in advance. Most people write the previous year on their checks at the beginning of the new year. I struggle all the time with wanting to date stuff next year.
I must live close to the/a H&R office. I have seen two job postings there but so far, nothing that suits my particular marketing/communications skill set. I keep hoping, though :-)
Glad you are in the here and now! Glad you are at H&R too! Your Magazine just keeps getting better.
Thanks for doing what you do Julie!
We appreciate you!
Still, What a fun job!
Juli - Please stop by my blog and pick up an award!
Hi, Victoria,
I did stop by your blog (nicely done!), and thank you for the award!
Not really sure how one "picks up" the award, but I appreciate it nevertheless!
Juli - It's easy to pick up - Just click on the picture of it and save it to your computer. Then, it should just drop in like a photo. If you are inclined to pass it along, you can name some other people's blogs that you think deserve notice and send it along to them.
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